Any thoughts on inside sources saying Anutin tried contracting PP to persuade them of joining the coalition government (prior to NACC forwarding the 44 MFP case to the Supreme Court probably) and that Bhumjaithai still have reservations about partnering up with KT (with KT's history of being untrustworthy)? https://x.com/MorningNewsTV3/status/2020740976768327992?s=20
I think that both sides know that PP joining BJT as a junior partner would essentially be electoral suicide, so if true I think that this is just a case of BJT wanting to appear magnanimous in media reports. Natthaphong reiterated today that the PP won't join a BJT government.
BJT + KT is a lock. Not up in the air as many speculate.
The reason is clear from their electoral strategy. There was undeniable collusion between BJT and KT, where both parties essentially did not contest the same constituencies.
It was very similar to Pheu Thai and Thai Raksa Chart, except BJT and KT did run in the same constituencies, they just didn't actually campaign there.
You can see from the results. In areas KT won, BJT barely got votes (noticeably low votes in the low thousands). And inversely, where BJT won, KT got a few thousand votes.
Never a dull moment. I guess war with Cambodia worked as intended. It also seems like finding another Thanathorn or Pita was not an easy task, just as the Establishment calculated
The PP borrowed Obama's campaign slogan of "Change we can believe in," but they failed to communicate the second part. Also, in 2023, there was an atmosphere of a new beginning that was missing this time around, due to the way the situation leading to the election was handled. Lastly, though Thai Rath strongly tried to keep the peoples' hope for change alive, many probably were scared about what that change would bring. So, many potential voters stayed home, while many others took refuge in the certainties of routine: "No experiments!" Now, Thailand has a consolidated conservative bloc, a rather more right-wing bloc in the South, a progressive bloc in "modern" Thailand in and around Bangkok, and vast areas in the North, the Northeast, Central and Eastern Thailand where localized opportunism rather than national orientation is the gold standard.
Any thoughts on inside sources saying Anutin tried contracting PP to persuade them of joining the coalition government (prior to NACC forwarding the 44 MFP case to the Supreme Court probably) and that Bhumjaithai still have reservations about partnering up with KT (with KT's history of being untrustworthy)? https://x.com/MorningNewsTV3/status/2020740976768327992?s=20
I think that both sides know that PP joining BJT as a junior partner would essentially be electoral suicide, so if true I think that this is just a case of BJT wanting to appear magnanimous in media reports. Natthaphong reiterated today that the PP won't join a BJT government.
BJT + KT is a lock. Not up in the air as many speculate.
The reason is clear from their electoral strategy. There was undeniable collusion between BJT and KT, where both parties essentially did not contest the same constituencies.
It was very similar to Pheu Thai and Thai Raksa Chart, except BJT and KT did run in the same constituencies, they just didn't actually campaign there.
You can see from the results. In areas KT won, BJT barely got votes (noticeably low votes in the low thousands). And inversely, where BJT won, KT got a few thousand votes.
Never a dull moment. I guess war with Cambodia worked as intended. It also seems like finding another Thanathorn or Pita was not an easy task, just as the Establishment calculated
The PP borrowed Obama's campaign slogan of "Change we can believe in," but they failed to communicate the second part. Also, in 2023, there was an atmosphere of a new beginning that was missing this time around, due to the way the situation leading to the election was handled. Lastly, though Thai Rath strongly tried to keep the peoples' hope for change alive, many probably were scared about what that change would bring. So, many potential voters stayed home, while many others took refuge in the certainties of routine: "No experiments!" Now, Thailand has a consolidated conservative bloc, a rather more right-wing bloc in the South, a progressive bloc in "modern" Thailand in and around Bangkok, and vast areas in the North, the Northeast, Central and Eastern Thailand where localized opportunism rather than national orientation is the gold standard.
Also comparing raw popular vote counts can be misleading. It looks like this election's turnout will be around 64% or so, which is an 11 point drop.
Why that is the case is baffling, but it also means raw vote counts will massively drop as well.